If you already received a notification from my mention, then I was explaining that I thought that you were mistaken about that course not transferring because literally every statistic course satisfies the UCLA Sociology requirements only to discover that you are in fact a Polisci transfer! I clearly need to head to bed and rest my eyes.
Though it is pretty ridiculous and unheard of that the sociology statistics requirement can be met by all types of statistics courses, but the political science requirement MUST be Stats 10. Stats 10 doesn’t even have anything to do with PoliSci. Its quite odd.
I was wondering if I could get some advice about an assist and major prereq issue.
For the math major, assist.org lists a computer science course, c++, that is needed to satisfy the major’s prereq. At my school this course is listed as a second semester course. I took the first course but was hesitant to take the second semester course because of several reasons.
I ended up enrolling at another community college(Foothill) that offered the course online. Now, on assist, the prereq for the math major from Foothill is listed as a first semester C++ course. I enrolled and found that is was very similar to the course I took at my school except that at my school we covered a topic(pointers) that wasn’t covered at Foothill and at Foothill we covered a topic(classes) that wasn’t covered at my original school.
Is it safe to say that the course at Foothill will satisfy the prereq? Seems weird that the two classes would cover almost the same topics. Hope what I’m trying to communicate here is clear…
Also another question,
Just to be safe I listed that I will take the next quarter C++ course at Foothill in the Winter. I ended up taking an additional separate course at my original school this Spring and didn’t enroll in Foothill’s Winter course. I plan to update my application (haven’t done so yet) and list the second C++ course as a Spring course.
I can’t really change this at this point but I was curious if this looks bad because the UC app asks for a reason why I won’t be taking the Winter course that I originally listed.
Any other UCLA TFT applicants out there? I’m hoping to transfer into the film program. My GPA is 3.7, but I’m worried that my supplements aren’t that strong. Just wondering how everyone else is feeling…?
@hellwasfull Ahh I know! I can’t wait until last year’s transfer profile comes out so we can see if it fluctuated at all. Hopefully it comes out soon though.
Could someone chance me? I have no idea what my odds are.
Major: English
GPA: 4.0
Pre-Reqs: Done
Work: freelancer
Volunteering: Lots of weekly volunteering at my son’s school
Personal Statements: Strong, UC counselor told me to focus on the second prompt so I did.
Applied: UCLA, UCIrvine, CSULB, CSUN (My goal is UCI)
I am an older student and a parent. I have an AA in a completely unrelated field and those credits don’t really count toward a degree in English. I was annoyed I had to start from zero but it’s actually fine because my GPA was abysmal. After working for 12 years I enrolled in school again and I have about 65 credits and a 4.0
I am worried about my terrible GPA the first time around, and am hoping I’ve made up for it.
I know my age shouldn’t be a factor but I can’t help but think it will work against me
Are there stats for age ranges of those accepted at the UCs?
@Edirol Er, did you input all of your old grades into your applications? That is required. It is very likely that some, if not all, of your old credits should be factored into your GPA. All college coursework needs to be reported.
Age won’t be factored against you. You need to report those grades, though. The upward trend will sway things in your favor - they can’t be too bad if you were able to get an AA.
It seems like they changed the format a little, it doesn’t say the exact average gpa for each major. Is there a way to figure out the average by what’s given? Math is obviously not my strong suit lol.
The percentiles tell you more of the picture. You could add the two and divide them to get the 50th percentile, I think… The 25 % shows you the low side of the people admitted, and the 75 % shows you those who are above average / more competitive GPA wise.
So now that the 2015 profile of admitted transfer students is up I’m trying to adjust to the new format and make the most out of it. Help me out ??
I applied to neuroscience which had 75% at a 3.9 and 25% at a 3.54. I have a 3.63 gpa so where does that put me? I am TAP certified, URM female(not sure if that matters).I was told my statements were very strong, and I am heavily involved, tutor, research at Ucla clinic,hold several leadership positions, experience in the neuro field which I talked about in my statement,etc. I was scared to see that the average admitted neuroscience gpa was almost 3.9. I feel like I am out of luck
I always heard that for those competitive impacted majors like the life sciences you had to have atleast a 3.7 gpa which I no longer have :/.
Last semester I had to miss school a lot due to extenuating circumstances which brought my gpa from a 3.85 to a 3.63; I mentioned this in my additional comments section so hopefully they consider that :/.
You still have a solid shot. You fall in between the averages, which means that there will be applicants who are admitted with both less GPA than you and more. Therefore, you know that your GPA is definitely not too low to be admitted.
I, on the other hand, have nothing beneficial to take away from this. Even more Sociology applicants have applied and the GPAs haven’t dropped. The chances are still better than Polisci so I was wise in making that switch, but its still a shot in the dark for me. While my overall GPA is above the 50th percentile, and I have a 4.0 major GPA, I am also a four year student so I’m weighed on a different scale.
Its alright though. UCLA is the only school where I applied for a impacted major.
